Dozens of Iranian Sunni elites gathered in Tehran on Sunday 7th May, 2017 to discuss on the strategy of the Sunni community over the upcoming presidential election.<\/p>\n
SunniOnline reported the Sunni scholars, Ulama, intellectuals and some current and previous Sunni members of the national assembly took part in a strategic meeting held by the call of Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid, the most influential Iranian Sunni scholar and rector of Darululoom Zahedan.<\/p>\n
The participants shared their ideas on the election and anxieties of the Sunni masses in Iran.<\/p>\n
Most of the Sunni elites were from Tehran, Sistan-Baluchistan, Khorasan Jonoubi, Khorasan Razavi, Golestan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Gilan, Azerbaijan Gharbi and the rest of provinces. In all probability, they will have more meetings in oncoming days. <\/p>\n
The Sunni elites decided to form a \u201cstrategic council\u201d for codifying the main demands and problems of the Sunni community. The council which includes Ulama, scholars and other social activists will meet the top candidates for presidency. <\/p>\n
The results of the meetings with the candidates will be shared with the community representatives.<\/p>\n
It is noteworthy the 12th presidential election in Iran will be on 19th May across the country. <\/p>\n
The Iranian Sunnis, with about 7 million votes, have not supported any particular candidate yet. In the last election, they voted for the current moderate president Hassan Rouhani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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